Curtain-fixture



(No Model.)

. J. H. SO CURTAIN PI E.

.No. 554,959. Patented Feb. 18,1896.

NlTE STATE-s CURTAlN- FIXTU RE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,959, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed August 5, 1895- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H, SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVinston, in the county of Forsyth, State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtain-fixtures of that class known as curtain poles and rings, so constructed that curtains may be so hung or supported that upon being pushed aside they will cause the clamp or other means by which the curtain is attached to its support to slide along upon said support; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple and cheap device of this character whereby the curtains may be more readily put up or taken down and in which the entire curtain may be removed, if desired, without disconnecting the same from its clamps or support.

It has for a further object to provide simple means for preventing disengagement of the clamps or other curtain-supporting devices from the rod or pole. The rod or pole is provided with a longitudinal slot or groove into which the heads or enlargement of the clamps are fitted to slide, and upon the end of the rod or pole I mount rotatably a cap having a slot or groove conforming to the shape of that of the rod or pole, so constructed that when it is desired to remove the clamps or curtain supporting devices this cap is turned so as to bring this slot or groove coincident with that in the rod or pole, and after the said supporting devices have all been inserted in the slot or groove of the pole this cap is turned so as to bring its slot otherwise than coincident with the slot or groove in the pole or rod, thus closing the end of the latter and preventing displacement of the ourtain-supporting devices.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereofwill be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The invention in this instance resides in the peculiar combination and in the construction, arrapgement and adaptation of parts, all

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as fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and th en particularly pointed out in the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a rod or pole and its cap embodying my invention, the ornamental part of the pole being removed and but one clamp or curtainsupporting device shown in position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the pole on a small scale with the clamps in position and a portion broken away and parts in section to better show the construction of the cap at the end of the pole. Fig. 3 is an end view with the ornamental portion removed, a clamp in position in the slot, and the cap turned so as to prevent displacement of said clamp. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the pole.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a rod or pole of any desired material and size and provided upon its under side with the longitudinal slot or groove (1, which has a contracted outlet a, as shown.

B are clamps of any suitable character, the one arm of which is provided with an enlargement 1) fitted to the groove a, the said arm being of such a thickness as to permit it to move freely within the contracted portion of the slot or groove.

0 is a cap and ornamental portion secured to one end of the pole or rod, while at the other end is a cap D, which is mounted on the end of the pole for rotation in any suitable manner, as upon the double screw-rod Eheld in the end of the pole and upon its outer end carrying the ball or other ornament F, which bears against the outer end of the cap D. This cap has in its outer flange or portion a slot (1, having a contracted outlet (1, said slot and its contracted outlet conforming to the slot and outlet of the rod or pole.

In practice the cap is turned so that the slot and outlet thereof will be coincident with that of the rod or pole, and the clamps are in serted lengthwise of the rod through the slot in the cap and into that of the rod or pole,

and when all are in position the cap is given a partial rotation so as to bring its slot and outlet otherwise than coincident with that of the rod or pole, as illustrated in Fig. 3. This brings the closed portion of the end or cap against the end of the slot or groove in the pole and prevents displacement of the clamps or other holding devices in the rod or pole, as will be readily understood.

hat I claim as new is- The combination with the rod or pole having a longitudinal slot with contracted outlet, of clamps having enlargements fitted in said slot and having depending portions sliding in JOHN If. SCOTT. \Vitnesses:

A. F. MEssIoK, J. A. VALENTINE: 

